1 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
3 0.78_01 Wed, March 18, 2009
5 - Revised and reorganized all of the API documentation. All
6 classes now have (more or less) complete API documentation.
9 * Class::MOP::Immutable
10 - A big backwards-incompatible refactoring of the Immutable API,
11 and the make_immutable/make_mutable pieces of the Class API.
14 * Class::MOP::Instance
15 - Reblessing into a package that supports overloading wasn't
16 properly adding overload magic to the object due to a bug
17 in (at least) 5.8.8. We now use $_[1] directly which seems
18 to set the magic properly. (Sartak)
20 * Class::MOP::Attribute
21 - The process_accessors method is now private. A public alias
22 exists (and will stick around for a few releases), but it
23 warns that calling the public method is deprecated.
25 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
26 - Removed the new and _new methods, since this is an abstract
27 base class, and all existing subclasses implement their own
31 - Stop is_class_loaded from thinking a class is loaded if it
32 only has an empty GV (Florian Ragwitz).
33 - Add a test for this (Yappo).
34 - Refactor get_all_package_symbols to allow short-circuiting
36 - Use this in is_class_loaded (Florian Ragwitz).
37 - Stop segfaulting when trying to get the name from a sub that's
38 still being compiled (Florian Ragwitz).
39 - Add tests for this (Florian Ragwitz).
40 - Prefix all public symbols with "mop_" (Florian Ragwitz).
41 - Clean up and simplify prehashing of hash keys (Florian Ragwitz).
42 - Simplify creating simple xs reader methods (Florian Ragwitz).
43 - Make everything compile with c++ compilers (Florian Ragwitz).
44 - Upgrade ppport.h from 3.14 to 3.17 (Florian Ragwitz).
47 - Remove optional test plans for tests depending on Sub::Name as
48 we have a hard dependency on Sub::Name anyway (Florian Ragwitz).
51 - Rebuild all c code if mop.h has changed (Florian Ragwitz)
53 0.78 Mon, February 23, 2009
54 * No changes from 0.77_01
56 0.77_01 Sun, February 22, 2009
58 - This package now requires its XS components. Not using
59 Sub::Name lead to different behavior and bugginess in the pure
60 Perl version of the code. A Moose test would fail when run
61 against the pure Perl version of this code.
63 * Class::MOP::Instance
64 - The inline_* methods now quote attribute names themselves, and
65 don't expect to receive a quoted value.
68 0.77 Sat, February 14, 2009
70 - Avoid assertion errors on debugging perls in is_class_loaded
74 - Fixed various corner cases where is_class_loaded incorrectly
75 returned true for a class that wasn't really loaded. (Dave
79 - Add get_all_method_names (Sartak)
80 - Add a wrapped_method_metaclass attribute (Florian Ragwitz)
83 - Disable deprecated get_all_package_symbols in list
84 context. (Florian Ragwitz)
87 - Make sure we generate a BSD-compatible Makefile (Florian
91 - The misspelled "check_metaclass_compatability" method we've
92 kept around for backwards compat_i_bility will be removed in a
93 near future release. You've been warned.
95 0.76 Thu, January 22, 2009
96 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
97 - Added new private methods to support code generation, which
98 are being used by Moose and can be used by MooseX
100 - Generated methods are now generated with a #line directive
101 reflecting the source of the generated method. (nothingmuch)
104 - Clarified documentation of methods that return
105 Class::MOP::Method objects. (doy)
108 - Clarified documentation of the metaclass cache methods. (Sartak)
111 - Add test showing how the xs Class::MOP::is_class_loaded can
112 be made to operate differently to the pure perl version (t0m)
114 0.75 Wed, December 31, 2008
116 - A class that was made immutable and then mutable could end up
117 sharing an immutable transformer object
118 (Class::MOP::Immutable) with other classes, leading to all
119 sorts of odd bugs. Reported by t0m. (Dave Rolsky)
121 0.74 Tue, December 25, 2008
123 - Add an xs implementation of Class::MOP::is_class_loaded (closes
124 RT#41862). Based on a patch by Goro Fuji. (Florian Ragwitz)
125 - Changed internals to make prehashing of hash keys easier and less
126 error-prone. (Florian Ragwitz)
128 - Fix documentation to show that around modifiers happen on both
129 sides of the modified method. (Dave Rolsky)
131 0.73 Tue, December 16, 2008
133 - Don't use Perl_mro_meta_init. It's not part of the public perl
134 api. Fixes failures to build on Win32 (RT #41750). (Florian
136 * t/082_get_code_info.t
137 - Add $^P &= ~0x200; (per Ovid's suggestion) in order to not
138 munger anonymous subs when under -d and so making the tests
139 succeed in that case.
141 0.72 Mon, December 8, 2008
142 * Class::MOP::Package
143 - Pass options to _new, so subclass' attributes can be
146 - In the docs, indicate that package_name and name are required
147 when calling ->wrap (Stefan O'Rear)
149 0.71_02 Fri, December 5, 2008
150 * Class::MOP::Immutable
151 - Added a new attribute, inlined_constructor, which is true if
152 the constructor was inlined.
153 * Class::MOP::Package
154 - Make get_all_package_symbols return a hash ref in scalar
155 context and deprecate calling it in list context with a
156 warning. (Florian Ragwitz)
158 - Various improvements and refactoring, making things more robust and
159 easier to maintain. (Florian Ragwitz)
161 0.71_01 Wed, December 3, 2008
163 - Add an "execute" method to invoke the body so
164 we can avoid using the coderef overload (Sartak)
165 * Class::MOP::Immutable
166 - When we memoize methods, get their results lazily
167 to remove some compile-time cost (Sartak)
168 - Small speedup from eliminating several method
171 - Some small internal tweaks to try to reduce the number of
172 times we call get_method_map when bootstrapping the MOP. This
173 might make loading Class::MOP (and Moose) a little
174 faster. (Dave Rolsky)
175 - Implemented an optional XS version of get_method_map. Mostly
176 taken from a patch by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41080), with
177 help form Florian Ragwitz. (Dave Rolsky)
178 - Make the behaviour of of get_all_package_symbols (and
179 therefore get_method_map) consistent for stub methods. Report
180 and test by Goro Fuji (rt.cpan.org #41255). (Florian Ragwitz)
182 0.71 Wed November 26, 2008
185 - Actual package creation has moved upward from
186 Class to Module so that Moose roles can share
189 0.70_01 Mon, November 19, 2008
191 - Fixes for failures with blead (Florian Ragwitz)
192 - Silenced compiler warnings (Florian Ragwitz)
194 0.70 Fri, November 14, 2008
196 - Fixed an odd corner case where the XS version of
197 get_all_package_symbols could cause a segfault. This only
198 happened with inlined constants in Perl 5.10.0 (Florian
201 0.69 Fri, November 7, 2008
202 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
203 - Added introspection methods for method modifiers (Dave Rolsky)
206 0.68 Fri October 24, 2008
208 - Make load_class require by file name instead of module name.
209 This stops confusing error messages when loading '__PACKAGE__'.
211 - Add load_one_class_of function to enable you to load one of a
212 list of classes, rather than having to call load_class multiple
213 times in an eval. (t0m)
215 0.67 Tue October 14, 2008
217 - Call a method on the class after setting the superclass list
218 so that we can get Perl to detect cycles before MRO::Compat
219 spirals into an infinite loop (sartak)
220 - Reported by Schwern, [rt.cpan.org #39001]
221 - In create(), pass unused options on to initialize()
222 - added test for this
224 0.66 Sat September 20, 2008
225 !! This release has an incompatible change regarding !!
226 introspection of a class's method with Class::MOP::Class !!
229 - We (us maintainers) now run all tests with XS and then without
230 XS, which should help us catch skew between the XS/pure Perl
234 ! The alias_method method has been deprecated. It now simply
235 calls add_method instead. There is no distinction between
236 aliased methods and "real" methods.
238 This means that methods added via alias_method now show up as
239 part of the class's method list/map. This is a backwards
240 incompatible change, but seems unlikely to break any
241 code. Famous last words. (Dave Rolsky)
244 - Fixed the spelling of "compatibility", but we still have a
245 "check_metaclass_compatability" method for backwards
248 0.65 Mon September 1, 2008
249 For those not following the series of dev releases, the changes
250 from 0.64 from 0.65 can mostly be summed up as a lot performance
251 improvements by nothingmuch, including new optional XS versions of
252 some methods. Also, Class::MOP now works _without_ any XS modules,
253 for sad systems without a compiler.
256 - Added name and package_name XS accessors, and make sure all
257 the XS and Perl versions work the same way. (Dave Rolsky)
260 - The XS versions of various methods just returned undef when
261 called class methods, rather than dying like the pure Perl
262 versions. (Dave Rolsky)
264 0.64_07 Fri August 29, 2008
266 - Silenced warnings that managed to break Moose tests when XS
267 was loaded. (Dave Rolsky)
268 - Some XS versions of methods were ignored because of typos in
269 MOP.xs. (Dave Rolsky)
271 0.64_06 Mon August 25, 2008
272 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
273 - Another MS VC++ fix, cannot declare a variable in the middle
274 of a scope (Taro Nishino).
276 0.64_05 Sun August 24, 2008
278 - None of the dev releases actually loaded the XS properly, but
279 we silently fell back to the pure Perl version of the
282 * Class::MOP (MOP.xs)
283 - Replaced some code that used functions not available on Visual
284 C++ with some Perl XS API bits (Dave Rolsky).
286 0.64_04 Sat August 23, 2008
288 - Workaround a bug in 5.8.1's goto sub (nothingmuch)
290 * pod.t and pod_coveraget.t
291 - These are no longer shipped with the tarball because of bogus
292 failures from CPAN testers. (Dave Rolsky)
294 0.64_03 Thu August 21, 2008
295 * Class::MOP::Package
296 - Some (legit) code was misparsed by earlier 5.8.x
297 releases. (nothingmuch)
300 - Fix a constant in void context warning (nothingmuch)
302 0.64_02 Thu August 21, 2008
303 * Makefile.PL and Class::MOP
304 - Explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
307 - Add missing prereqs that got lost in the switch away from
310 * Class::MOP::Instance
311 - New method - get_all_attributes (nothingmuch)
313 0.64_01 Wed August 20, 2008
315 - We now check to see if you have a compiler. If you don't, the
316 module installs without some XS bits, but will work the same
317 as with XS. This should make it easier to install on platforms
318 without a compiler (like Windows). (Dave Rolsky)
321 - Perl 6 style attribute naming replaced with sane style ('methods', not
322 '%!methods'). These changes should not impact any existing API uses.
326 - Quite a number of optimizations based on profiling, including
327 allowing constructors to take hash references instead of
328 hashes, duplicating some frequently used code in XS, and
329 making constructors immutable. These changes should not impact
330 any existing API uses. (nothingmuch)
333 - Constructors now respect the meta attributes of their subclasses,
334 facilitating MOP extensibility. More related changes will happen in the
335 next several releases. (nothingmuch)
338 - New method - get_all_methods, replaces the deprecated
339 compute_all_applicable_methods. get_all_attributes provided for
340 consistency (nothingmuch)
341 - New method - wrap_method was refactored out of get_method_map
343 - New API for meta instance invalidation - invalidate_meta_instance,
344 invalidate_meta_instances, add_dependent_meta_instance,
345 remove_dependent_meta_instance, called automatically when attribute
346 definitions change and allows notification of dependent subclasses.
349 0.64 Sun August 3, 2008
350 * Class::MOP::Immutable
351 - fixing subtle edge case in immutable when you
353 - clean up option processing (nothingmuch)
355 * Class::MOP::Instance
356 - inlined initialize slot didn't match
357 non-inlined (nothingmuch)
359 0.63 Mon July 7, 2008
361 - load_class will initialize a metaclass even if
362 the class is already loaded (sartak)
363 - load_class now returns the metaclass instance
364 instead of just 1 (sartak)
367 - better error messages (sartak and Dave Rolsky)
369 0.62 Wed June 18, 2008
370 - in is_class_loaded, recognize scalar references (as opposed to globs) in
371 the symbol table as methods (these are optimized constant subs)
373 0.61 Fri. June 13, 2008
374 - Okay, lets give this another try and see if PAUSE
375 recognizes it correct this time.
377 0.60 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
378 - Fixed a version number issue by bumping all modules
381 0.59 Thurs. Jun 12, 2008
382 !! Several fixes resulting in yet another 25-30% speedup !!
385 - now stores the instance of the instance
386 metaclass to avoid needless recomputation
387 and deletes it when the cache is blown
388 - introduce methods to query Class::MOP::Class for
389 the options used to make it immutable as well as
390 the proper immutable transformer. (groditi)
392 * Class::MOP::Package
393 - {add, has, get, remove}_package_symbol all
394 now accept a HASH ref argument as well as the
395 string. All internal usages now use the HASH
399 - MOP.xs does sanity checks on the coderef
401 - is_class_loaded check now uses code that
402 was improved in Moose's ClassName type
404 - nonsensical (undef, empty, reference) class
405 names now throw a more direct error in
407 - tests for this and other aspects of
413 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
414 Class::MOP::Attribute
415 - switched usage of reftype to ref because
418 0.58 Thurs. May 29, 2008
419 (late night release engineering)--
421 - fixing the version is META.yml, no functional
422 changes in this release
424 0.57 Wed. May 28, 2008
425 !! Several speedups resulting in 20-25% speedups !!
426 || (thanks to konobi, groditi, mst & CataMoose) !!
429 - made get_method_map use list_all_package_symbols
430 instead of manually grabbing each symbol
431 - streamlining &initialize somewhat, since it gets
434 * Class::MOP::Package
435 - made {get, has}_package_symbol not call
437 - inlining a few calls to &name with
438 direct HASH access key access
439 - added get_all_package_symbols to fetch
440 a HASH of items based on a type filter
441 similar to list_all_package_symbols
442 - added tests for this
445 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
446 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
447 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
448 - added more descriptive error message to help
449 keep people from wasting time tracking an error
450 that is easily fixed by upgrading.
452 * Class::MOP::Immutable
453 - Don't inline a destructor unless the user actually
455 - added tests for this
457 0.56 Saturday, May 24, 2008
459 - we now get the &check_package_cache_flag
460 function from MRO::Compat
461 - All XS based functionality now has a
462 Pure Perl alternative
463 - the CLASS_MOP_NO_XS environment variable
464 can now be used to force non-XS versions
467 * Class::MOP::Attribute
468 - add has_read_method and has_write_method
469 - get_{read,write}_method_ref now wraps the
470 anon-sub ref in the method metaclass when
472 - added tests for this
474 * Class::MOP::Immutable
475 - added the ability to "wrap" methods when
476 making the class immutable
479 - now handling the edge case of ->meta->identifier
480 dying by wrapping add_package_symbol to specifically
481 allow for it to work.
482 - added tests for this
484 * Class::MOP::Attribute
486 Class::MOP::Immutable
487 - any time a method meta object is constructed
488 we make sure to pass the correct package and
489 method name information
492 Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
493 Class::MOP::Method::Generated
494 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
495 Class::MOP::Method::Consructor
496 - the &wrap constructor method now requires that a
497 'package_name' and 'name' attribute are passed. This
498 is to help support the no-XS version, and will
499 throw an error if these are not supplied.
500 - all these classes are now bootstrapped properly
501 and now store the package_name and name attributes
504 ~ Build.PL has been removed since the
505 Module::Install support has been removed
507 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
508 - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
509 - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow
510 for the C3 MRO support to Just Work in all
514 - rebless_instance now returns the instance
515 it has just blessed, this is mostly to
517 - set the attr correctly in rebless_instance
518 when it has no init_arg
519 - tweaked &linear_isa and &class_precedence_list
520 to support c3 classes.
522 0.54 Fri. March, 14, 2008
525 - making sure that load_class never gets
526 passed a value from @_ or $_ to squash
527 Ovid's bug (http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35763)
530 - make_{immutable,mutable} now return 1
532 - improved error handling in ->create method
533 - rebless_instance now takes extra params which
534 will be used to populate values
535 - added tests for this
538 - localizing the Data::Dumper configurations so
539 that it does not pollute others (RT #33509)
545 Class::MOP::Attribute
546 - these classes no longer define their own ->meta,
547 but instead just inherit from Class::MOP::Object
549 * Class::MOP::Instance
550 Class::MOP::Immutable
551 - these classes now inherit from Class::MOP::Object
554 - fixed the filename length on several
555 test files so we install on VMS better
557 - fixed incorrect use of catdir when it
558 should be catfile (RT #32385)
560 0.53 Thurs. Feb. 14, 1008
561 ~~ several doc. fixes and updates ~~
564 Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
565 Class::MOP::Attribute
566 - making init_arg accept an undefined value
567 to indicate that no constructor args can
568 be passed (thanks to nothingmuch)
569 - added tests for this
570 - added attribute initializer attribute (rjbs)
573 - making this use the new init_arg => undef
574 feature instead of the silly hack from
575 before (thanks to nothingmuch)
577 0.52 Tues. Jan. 22, 2008
579 - fixed bug in rebless_instance
582 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
583 - removed assumptions about the existence of
586 0.51 Mon. Jan. 14, 2008
587 ~~~ some misc. doc. fixes ~~~
588 ~~ updated copyright dates ~~
591 - now sets the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10
592 constant so that we can take advantage
593 of some of the nice bits of 5.10
596 - uses the IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 flag to
597 optimize the &linearized_isa method
598 and avoid the hack/check for circular
599 inheritence in &class_precedence_list
600 - added rebless_instance method (Sartak)
601 - added tests for this
603 * Class::MOP::Immutable
604 - the immutable class now keeps track of
605 the transformer which immutablized it
607 * Class::MOP::Instance
608 - added rebless_instance_structure method (Sartak)
609 - added tests for this
611 0.50 Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
613 - fixed bug in immutable to make sure that
614 transformation arguments are saved
616 - added tests for this
618 * Class::MOP::Immutable
619 - fixed a bug (see above)
621 * Class::MOP::Attribute
624 0.49 Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
625 !! Class::MOP now loads 2 x faster !!
626 !! with XS speedups (thanks konobi) !!
629 - removed the dependency on B
630 - added two XS functions (thanks konobi)
631 - get_code_info($code) which replaces all
632 the B fiddling we were doing with
633 faster/leaner XS level fiddling
634 - check_package_cache_flag($pkg_name) which
635 returns the PL_sub_generation variable to
636 be used to help manage method caching.
639 In 5.10 or greater this will actually
640 use the mro::get_pkg_gen instead to give
641 even more accurate caching information.
642 blblack++ for that stuff :)
645 - added the &subclasses method (thanks rlb)
646 - added the update_package_cache_flag and
647 reset_package_cache_flag which help keep
648 track of when we need to re-fetch the
650 - Several small improvements to take advantage
651 of the new method map caching features
653 0.48 Mon. Nov. 26, 2007
654 * Class::MOP::Attribute
655 - fixed get_read/write_method to handle the
656 HASH ref case, which makes the
657 get_read/write_method_ref handle it too.
658 - added more tests for this
660 0.47 Sat. Nov. 24, 2007
661 * Class::MOP::Attribute
662 - fixed misspelling in get_write_method_ref
663 - added more tests for this
665 0.46 Fri. Nov. 23, 2007
667 - added the linearized_isa method instead of constantly
668 pruning duplicate classes (this will be even more
669 useful in the 5.10-compat version coming soon)
671 * Class::MOP::Attribute
672 - added the get_read_method_ref and get_write_method_ref
673 methods which allow you to retrieve a CODE ref which
674 can always be used to read or write an attribute.
676 0.45 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
677 * Class::MOP::Attribute
678 - Fix error message on confess (groditi)
680 0.44 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
681 - Apparently I didn't make dist correctly (groditi)
683 0.43 Thurs. Nov. 13, 2007
685 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
688 - optimise metaclass-already-exists check in
689 construct_class_instance (groditi)
690 - duplicate check into initialize to save a
691 call through (groditi)
693 * Class::MOP::Attribute
694 - Add support for the 'builder' attribute (groditi)
695 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
696 it is defined (groditi)
698 * Class::MOP::Instance
699 - Make predicates check for the existence of a value, not whether
700 it is defined (groditi)
702 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
703 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
704 - removed the relevant attributes
706 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
707 - fixed the cached values we had to be more sane
708 - made this a subclass of Class::MOP::Method::Generated
709 - fixed generated constructor so it properly handles
711 - added tests for this
712 - added the option to allow for both inlined and
713 non-inlined constructors.
714 - Update inlined methods for builder and predicate changes (groditi)
716 * Class::MOP::Method::Generated
717 - added this class as an abstract base for the
718 Class::MOP::Method::{Constructor,Accessor} classes
719 - added tests for this
722 - Alter tests (005, 014 020, 021) for new builder addition (groditi)
723 - Tests for new predicate behavior (and corrections to old tests) (groditi)
726 - Update ArrayRef based class example to work with predicate changes
728 0.42 Mon. July 16, 2007
729 !!! Horray for mst, he fixed it !!!
731 * Class::MOP::Package
732 - alter symbol table handling to deal with 5.8.x and 5.9.x
735 - Get rid of the crappy workaround from 0.40/41
737 0.41 Sun. July 15, 2007
739 Arghh!!! My TODO test didn't work, so I handle
740 it manually now so that people can use this
741 with 5.9.5/bleadperl without issue.
743 0.40 Tues, July 3, 2007
745 ~ marked a test in 003_methods.t as TODO
746 for perl 5.9.5 (this test is irrelvant to
747 the module functioning on 5.9.5 for the most
750 0.39 Mon. June 18, 2007
751 * Class::MOP::Immutable
752 - added make_metaclass_mutable + docs (groditi)
753 - removed unused variable
754 - added create_immutable_transformer
755 necessary for sane overloading of immutable behavior
756 - tests for this (groditi)
759 - Immutability can now be undone,
760 added make_mutable + tests + docs (groditi)
761 - Massive changes to the way Immutable is done
762 for details see comments next to make_immutable
763 This fixes a bug where custom metaclasses broke
764 when made immutable. We are now keeping one immutable
765 metaclass instance per metaclass instead of just one
766 to prevent isa hierarchy corruption. Memory use will go
767 up, but I suspect it will be neglible.
768 - New tests added for this behavior. (groditi)
770 0.38 Thurs. May 31, 2007
771 ~~ More documentation updates ~~
773 * Class::MOP::Package
774 - we now deal with stub methods properly
775 - added tests for this
776 - fixed some tests failing on 5.9.5 (thanks blblack)
778 * Class::MOP::Attribute
779 - added get_read_method and get_write_method
780 thanks to groditi for this code, tests
782 - added tests and POD for this
785 - fixed RT issue #27329, clone object now
786 handles undef values correctly.
787 - added tests for this
788 - Corrected anon-class handling so that they
789 will not get reaped when instances still
790 exist which need to reference them. This is
791 the correct behavior, hopefully this is an
792 obscure enough feature that there are not too
793 many work arounds out in the wild.
794 - added tests for this by groditi
795 - updated docs to explain this
798 - load custom metaclasses automatically (thanks groditi)
799 - added tests for this behavior
801 0.37 Sat. March 10, 2007
802 ~~ Many, many documentation updates ~~
805 - added &load_class and &is_class_loaded
806 - added tests and docs for these
808 * Class::MOP::Attribute
809 - default now checks the instance with defined to
810 avoid setting off bool-overloads (found by Carl Franks)
814 - bad name in a test, causing meaningless failuress.
820 - All attribute names are now consistent and follow Perl 6
821 style (prefixed with the sigil, and ! as the twigil for
822 private attrs). This should not affect any code, unless
823 you broke encapsulation, in which case, it is your problem
826 !! Class::MOP::Class::Immutable has been removed
828 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
829 - this has been moved out of Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
830 and is a proper subclass of Class::MOP::Method now.
833 - this module now uses Class::MOP::Immutable for the
834 immutable transformation instead of
835 Class::MOP::Class::Immutable.
837 + Class::MOP::Immutable
838 - this module now controls the transformation from a mutable
839 to an immutable version of the class. Docs for this will
840 be coming eventually.
843 0.36 Sun. Nov. 5, 2006
845 - added a few 'no warnings' lines to keep annoying
846 (and meaningless) warnings from chirping during
850 - some more bootstrapping is now done on the new
853 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
855 - constructor generation is now handled by
856 the Class::MOP::Method::Constructor class
858 * Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
859 - created this to handle constructor generation
860 in Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
862 * Class::MOP::Attribute
864 - attributes now delegate to the
865 Class::MOP::Method::Accessor to generate
868 * Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
869 - all accessor generation functions from
870 Class::MOP::Attribute have been moved here
872 0.35 Sat. Sept. 30, 2006
874 * scripts/class_browser.pl
875 - initial prototype of a class browser, more
876 on this to come. Comments and patches are
880 - All Class::MOP::* accessors are no longer
881 re-generated in the bootstrap, instead
882 they are aliased from the originals
883 - fixed tests to reflect
884 - added Class::MOP::Method (and its subclasses)
886 - adjusted tests for this
887 - added the Class::MOP::Instance attributes
892 - methods are no longer blessed CODE refs
893 but are actual objects which can be CODE-ified
894 - adjusted tests to compensate
895 - adjusted docs for this
898 - changed how methods are dealt with to
899 encapsulate most of the work into the
900 &get_method_map method
901 - made several adjustments for the change
902 in Class::MOP::Method
903 - &add_attribute now checks if you are adding
904 a duplicate name, and properly removes the
905 old one before installing the new one
906 - added tests for this
907 - adjusted docs for this
909 * Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
910 - added caching of &get_method_map
911 - fixed issue with &get_package_symbol
912 - cleaned up the methods that die (patch by David Wheeler)
914 * Class::MOP::Package
915 - added filtering capabilities to
916 &list_all_package_symbols
918 0.34 Sat. Aug. 26, 2006
920 - added the %:methods attribute, which like
921 the $:version and such just actually goes
922 to the symbol table to get it's stuff.
923 However, it makes the MOP more complete.
925 - The &create method now requires that all
926 but the package name now is passed in as
927 named parameters. See docs for more info.
928 - updated docs and tests for this
931 - added &dump method to easily Data::Dumper
935 - cleaned up the initialization of attributes
936 which do not store things in the instance
937 - added the %:methods attribute definition to
940 ~ lots of misc. test cleanup
942 0.33 Sat. Aug. 19, 2006
944 - moved the metaclass cache out of here
945 and it is now in Class::MOP itself.
948 - moved all the metaclass cache stuff here
949 - fixed all tests for this
951 * Class::MOP::Attribute
952 - reference values (other than CODE refs)
953 are no longer allowed for defaults
954 - added tests for this
956 * Class::MOP::Package
957 - fixed an issue with perl 5.8.1 and how it deals
958 with symbol tables. The namespace hash is now
959 always reloaded from the symbol table.
961 ~ lots of misc. documentation cleanup
963 0.32 Sat. Aug. 12, 2006
964 + added Class::MOP::Object so that the
965 metamodel is more complete (and closer
966 to what Perl 6 will probably be).
968 * Class::MOP::Package
969 - refactored entire class, this is now
970 the primary gateway between the metaclass
971 and the Perl 5 symbol table
972 - added many tests for this
973 - this class is now a subclass of
975 - added some tests to reflect this
978 - refactored all symbol table access to
979 use Class::MOP::Package methods instead
982 - adding the $:version attribute in the bootstrap
983 so that Module has a version as an attribute
984 - see comment in Class::MOP for details
985 - added the $:authority attribute to this module
986 as well as an &identifier method, to bring us
987 ever closer to Perl 6 goodness
988 - I have added $AUTHORITY to all the modules
989 - added tests for this
991 * Class::MOP::Instance
992 - added &deinitialize_slot for removing slots
994 - added tests for this
996 * Class::MOP::Attribute
997 - added support for &deinitialize_slot for removing
998 slots from an instance
999 - added tests for this
1001 0.31 Sat. July 15, 2006
1004 - added &find_method_by_name to locate a method
1005 anywhere within the class hierarchy
1007 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1008 - added &set_value and &get_value for getting
1009 the value of the attribute for a particular
1012 0.30 Wed. July 5, 2006
1013 ---------------------------------------
1014 This is the first version of Class::MOP
1015 to introduce the immutable features which
1016 will be used for optimizating the MOP.
1017 This support should still be considered
1018 experimental, but moving towards stability.
1019 ---------------------------------------
1021 * Created Class::MOP::Class::Immutable
1023 * Created the Class::MOP::Package and
1024 Class::MOP::Module classes to more
1025 closely conform to Perl 6's meta-model
1028 - now inherits from Class::MOP::Module
1029 - several methods moved to ::Module and
1030 ::Package and now inherited
1031 - added tests for this
1033 * Class::MOP::Instance
1034 - added an is_inlinable method to allow other
1035 classes to check before they attempt to optimize.
1036 - added an inline_create_instance to inline
1037 instance creation (of course)
1040 - the Class::MOP::Class::*_package_variable
1041 methods are all now methods of Class::MOP::Package
1042 and called *_package_symbol instead. This is
1043 because they are now more general purpose symbol
1044 table manipulation methods.
1046 0.29_02 Thurs. June 22, 2006
1047 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1049 - small change in &create so that it behaves
1050 properly when inherited
1051 - small fix to &clone_instance
1053 0.29_01 Fri. May 12, 2006
1054 ++ DEVELOPER RELEASE ++
1055 - This release works in combination with
1056 Moose 0.09_01, it is a developer release
1057 because it introduces a new instance
1058 sub-protocol and has not yet been
1062 - anon-classes are now properly garbage collected
1063 - added tests for this
1064 - improved method modifier wrapping
1066 * Class::MOP::Instance
1067 - added new instance protocol
1068 - added tests for this
1069 - changed all relevant modules and examples
1071 - Class::MOP::Attribute
1075 - you no longer need to specify the metaclass
1076 itself, if it is not there, Class::MOP::Class
1078 - updated tests for this
1081 - added ArrayBasedStorage example to show
1082 instance storage using ARRAY refs instead of
1084 - added tests for this
1085 - InsideOutClass is totally revised using the
1086 new instance protocol
1087 - added more tests for this
1089 0.26 Mon. April 24, 2006
1091 - added find_attribute_by_name method
1092 - added tests and docs for this
1093 - some small optimizations
1095 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1096 - some small optimizations
1098 0.25 Thurs. April 20, 2006
1100 - added create_anon_class for creating anonymous classes
1101 - added tests for this
1102 - added get_all_metaclasses, get_all_metaclass_names
1103 and get_all_metaclass_instances method to allow
1104 access to all the cached metaclass objects.
1105 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1106 of the attribute itself, and construct_instance now
1107 delegates appropriately
1109 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1110 - attribute slot initialization is now the responsibility
1111 of the attribute itself, so we added a method for it
1112 called initialize_instance_slot
1115 - adjusted all the examples to use the new attribute
1116 initialize_instance_slot method
1118 0.24 Tues. April 11, 2006
1120 - cleaned up how the before/after/around method
1121 modifiers get named with Sub::Name
1123 0.23 Thurs. March 30, 2006
1125 - fixed the way attribute defaults are handled
1126 during instance construction (bug found by chansen)
1128 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1129 - read-only accessors ('reader') will now die if
1130 passed more than one argument (attempting to write
1132 - added tests for this
1133 - adjusted all /example files to comply
1135 0.22 Mon. March 20, 2006
1137 - localized $@ in the *_package_variable functions
1138 because otherwise, it does ugly things in Moose.
1139 - added test case for this
1141 0.21 Wed. March 15, 2006
1143 - fixed issue where metaclasses are reaped from
1144 our cache in global destruction, and so are not
1145 available in DESTORY calls
1147 0.20 Thurs. March 2, 2006
1148 - removed the dependency for Clone since
1149 we no longer to deep-cloning by default.
1151 * Class::MOP::Method
1152 - added &package_name, &name and
1153 &fully_qualified_name methods, some of
1154 which were formerly private subs in
1157 * Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped
1158 - allows for a method to be wrapped with
1159 before, after and around modifiers
1160 - added tests and docs for this feature
1163 - improved &get_package_symbol
1164 - &version and &superclasses now use it
1165 - methods are now blessed into Class::MOP::Method
1167 - added methods to install CLOS-style method modifiers
1168 - &add_before_method_modifier
1169 - &add_after_method_modifier
1170 - &add_around_method_modifier
1171 - added tests and docs for these
1172 - added &find_next_method_by_name which finds the
1173 equivalent of SUPER::method_name
1175 0.12 Thurs. Feb 23, 2006
1176 - reduced the dependency on B, no need to always
1180 - added docs to the C3 method dispatch order test
1181 - fixed missing Algorithm::C3 dependency by making
1182 the test skip if it is not installed
1184 0.11 Mon Feb. 20, 2006
1186 - added example of changing method dispatch order to C3
1189 - changed how clone_instance behaves, it now only does a
1190 shallow clone (see docs for more details)
1191 - added docs and tests
1193 0.10 Tues Feb. 14, 2006
1194 ** This release was mostly about writing more tests and
1195 cleaning out old and dusty code, the MOP should now
1196 be considered "ready to use".
1198 - adding more tests to get coverage up a little higher,
1199 mostly testing errors and edge cases.
1200 - test coverage is now at 99%
1203 - no longer optionally exports to UNIVERSAL::meta or
1204 creates a custom metaclass generator, use the
1205 metaclass pragma instead.
1208 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1209 error/edge-case tests
1211 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1212 - fixed a number of minor issues which came up in the
1213 error/edge-case tests
1216 - fixing the AttributesWithHistory example, it was broken.
1218 0.06 Thurs Feb. 9, 2006
1220 - adding new metaclass pragma to make setting up the
1221 metaclass a little more straightforward
1224 - clean up bootstrapping to include more complete
1225 attribute definitions for Class::MOP::Class and
1226 Class::MOP::Attribute (accessors, readers, writers,
1227 etc.) ... it is redundant, but is useful meta-info
1231 - fixing minor meta-circularity issue with &meta, it
1232 is now more useful for subclasses
1233 - added &get_attribute_map as an accessor for the
1234 hash of attribute meta objects
1235 - &compute_all_applicable_attributes now just returns
1236 the attribute meta-object, rather than the HASH ref
1237 since all the same info can be gotten from the
1238 attribute meta-object itself
1239 - updated docs & tests to reflect
1240 - added &clone_instance method which does a deep clone
1241 of the instance structure created by &construct_instance
1242 - added docs & tests for this
1243 - added Clone as a dependency
1244 - added &new_object and &clone_object convience methods to
1245 return blessed new or cloned instances
1246 - they handle Class::MOP::Class singletons correctly too
1247 - added docs & tests for this
1248 - cleaned up the &constuct_class_instance so that it behaves
1249 more like &construct_instance (and managed the singletons too)
1250 - added the &check_metaclass_compatibility method to make sure
1251 that metaclasses are upward and downward compatible.
1252 - added tests and docs for this
1255 - adjusting code to use the &Class::MOP::Class::meta
1257 - adjusting code to use the metaclass pragma
1259 0.05 Sat Feb. 4, 2006
1261 - added the &attribute_metaclass and &method_metaclass
1262 attributes which contain a metaclass name to use for
1263 attributes/methods respectively
1266 - bootstrap additional attributes for Class::MOP::Class
1269 - adjusted the example code and tests to use the new
1270 &attribute_metaclass feature of Class::MOP::Class
1271 - added new example:
1274 0.04 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1276 - some documentation suggestions from #perl6
1278 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1279 - improved error messages
1282 - added new examples:
1283 - AttributesWithHistory
1284 - ClassEncapsultedAttributes
1286 0.03 Fri Feb. 3, 2006
1287 - converted to Module::Build instead of EU::MM
1289 * Class::MOP::Attribute
1290 - refactored method generation code
1291 - attributes are now associated with class directly
1294 - refactored the InsideOut example to take advantage
1295 of the Class::MOP::Attribute refactoring
1296 - changed example files to .pod files and hide thier
1297 package names from PAUSE (I don't want to own these
1298 namespaces really, they are just examples)
1300 0.02 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006
1301 - moving examples from t/lib/* to examples/*
1302 - adding POD documentation to the examples
1304 0.01 Thurs Feb. 2, 2006